Charles Gilbert Sower (21 November 1821, Norristown, Pennsylvania – 23 March 1902) was a printer and publisher in Philadelphia.
Biography
editHe was the great grandson of Christopher Sower the younger, and inherited the family printing and publishing operations. He moved the establishment to Philadelphia in 1844, where he continued publishing, first in his own name, then successively as Sower and Barnes, then as Sower, Barnes and Potts, and then as Sower, Potts and Co.
In 1888, 150 years after it was founded by Christopher Sower the elder, the house was incorporated as the Christopher Sower Company by a charter granted by Pennsylvania. In the late 19th century, Charles Gilbert Sower was still president of the company.
Sower, Barnes and Potts published Familiar science, or, The scientific explanation of common things. It was at 87 North Third Street.[1]
Publishings
editSower, Potts and Co.
edit- The Normal Educational Series of School and College Textbooks
- Peterson's Familiar Science
- Bouvier's Astronomy
- Hillside's Geology[2]
- Fairbanks's Bookkeeping
- Jarvis's Chiming Bells
- Pelton's Outline Maps
References
edit- ^ E, Peterson, R. "Familiar science, or, The scientific explanation of common things" – via Wikimedia Commons.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Peterson's Familiar Science by John Henry Pepper 1861 edition advertising
Additional sources
edit- Wilson, J. G.; Fiske, J., eds. (1900). . Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. New York: D. Appleton.
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